The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-10-18
TWO NARROW ESCAPES.
A Fire in Lodging House Gre
ates CONSERVATION Among
the Hundred Guests.

Kansas City, Oc:. ia FIRE broke out
In the top story of the Palace Lodging
House, a four-story brick building at
Fourth and Main streets, about 9 O'Clock
yesterday morning. Not great deal OF
damage was done to the building but Will
liam DIVER, who was sleeping in the
fourth story, had a very narrow escape
from death.
The frat known of the FIRE was when the
flames burst out of the windows on Fourth
street next TO Dryers room. A large
crowd gathered in q few seconds and was
Mortified when young man rushed 10 the
window and made signs that his escape
from Il rear vas cut of. He came to the
window a half dozen times, and rushed
back, looking all the time about half dis
trscted with fear. The smoke was
pouring out OF the window out Of which
he leaned as il calculating jump. The
building is tall one and no ladders tall
enough to reach to him could be found.
The Fire Department was late In getting to
the scene and the crowd was beginning to
get desperate when the young man was
seen to throw a rope out Of the window.
A shout went up from the crowd, but hopes
were dashed again when il was seen that
the rope barely reached to the third story
window.
swat for the hook and ladder" cried
part of the crowd.
Climb down TO the next window" adj
vised another portion. The young man in
the meantime, looked too much frightened
to do anything. His scared look as he
glanced out of the window and saw the
distance he might fail could be readily
seen even through the cloud Of smoke
which surrounded him. Again and again,
half suffocated, he leaned for out OF the
window, only to be driven back by fear of
the fall. All this time the crowd kept
calling to him to "cone down the rope"
At length some man opened the window,
under Dryers room and called to him to
come down. He get out of the window,
Climbed down the rope, and a shout of
relief went up from the crowd as he was
drawn into the lower window.
Dwyer said that his escape was very
narrow one. When be awakened his room
was filled with smoke, and he was almost
iRsensible from sufocation. He CROPPED his
way TO the window and threw it up. He
managed next to find pair of pants and
then started to go down stairs. He was
Mortified to find his way cut oi. He rushed
back to his window and looked out, but
saw no hope in that direction. He had
very near given up when he thought of the
rope. He again groPed around in the
binding smoke, found it, and threw it out,
it to reach to the ground. He
he.itated about coming down, when he saw
that the rope emily reached to the story be-
low him. He only came out when he had
to, and the only thing he saved was pair
of pantaloon and his shirt. He was bare
footed and bare headed.
Tim Sullivan, a fireman, was pretty bad
ly cut on the top OF the head by some fall
ing glass. He was in the fourth story and
was hit by falling sky glass, piece Of
which entered the skull. He was taken
over to the police station and had his head
dressed by DIR. Wood.
The building is owned by Hall and Hen
negen, ard is damaged to the extent of
about $500.